Folding coop.



J. G, RANDALL.

FOLDING COOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 20,1917.

Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

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ATTORNEY.

JOHN G. RANDALL, 01 DALLAS, TEXAS.

FOLDING COOP.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 12, 1918.

Application filed. November 20, 1917. Serial No. 202,905.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. RANDALL, citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Coops, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding coops for shipping poultry and the like.

The particular features of the invention reside in the provision of ends and sides arranged to fold down on to a bottom which is supported when desired by legs which are folded up against the bottom during transportation. A removable top is provided and is arranged to engage on duplicate sets of fastening members so as to fasten the top on both when the coop is folded and unfolded and serving to hold the parts in rigid relation in both folds.

This invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following speci fication and by reference to the accompanying drawings. in which an example of the invention is illustrated and wherein:

Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a coop constructed in accordance with this invention and with its parts unfolded,

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view with the parts folded,

Fig. 3 is a detail of the leg fastening,

Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the hinged construction,

Fig. 5 is a similar detail at right angles to Fig. 4,

Fig. 6 is a cross sectional detail on the line 66 of Fig. 4, and

Fig. 7 is a detail of the parts shown in Fig. 5 in the folded position.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates a rectangular bottom frame covered with floor boards 2. Within the frame at the corners legs 3 are hinged so as to be swung down to support the bottom or to be folded up and held by spring clips 4 secured to the boards 2. At each corner a block 5 is fastened on the bottom and each block has an elongated recess 6 in its inner face extending vertically.

Panels or ends 7 are provided at each end of the structure and have trunnions 8 engaging in. the reces es 6 wherebv the ends are not only hinged but may be elevated when necessary. The ends are arranged to be folded down on to the boards 2.

A metal post 9 projects upward from each;

posts 14 like the posts 9 and in vertical alinement therewith when the coop is unfolded. The ends 7 have laterally projecting ears 15 and by elevating said ends the ears may be engaged over the posts 14 and said ends dropped so that the ears will rest on the sides. A. top frame or panel, 16 has apertures 17 at its corners receiving the posts 14-. Wing-nuts 18 threaded on the posts 14 when screwed down fasten the parts together. A door 20 is provided in the top frame. The ends, sidesand top frame may be covered with a suitable wire fabric in any approved manner.

hen it is desired to fold the coop the legs 3 are swung up and fastened by the clips 4, the nuts 18 are removed, whereby the top 16 may be lifted ofl of the posts 14. The ends 7 are elevated to remove the ears 15 from said posts and the sides are swung outward to permit the ends to be folded down on to the boards 2 after which the sides are folded in and down on to the ends. This leaves the posts 9 projecting and the top 16 is placed so that the apertures 17 receive said posts. By receiving the nuts 18 and screwing them down the parts are securely fastened in position.

This coop may be quickly folded or unfolded and is quite simple in construction thus adding to its sanitary features. The blocks 5 do not extend the entire length of the bottom and this leaves spaces under the sides 12 for cleaning out the coop. The legs support it above the ground but are not in the way during shipping.

The foregoing description and illustration clearlv express the invention. but it is to be understood that said illustration is merely an exemplification and the invention may be carried out in various other ways.

What I claim, is:

1. In a folding poultry coop. the combination with a bottom member, of a plurality of blocks. one at each corner of the bottom, end members pivoted to the blocks and movable in a vertical plane relatively to the blocks, side members hinged to the blocks,

fastening posts carried by the blocks, the

side members having slots receiving the posts, a second set of posts carried by the sides in such location as to be capable of vertical alinement with the first named posts, ears on the ends and engageable over the last named posts, a ton member having a single set of apertures disposed to receive either set of posts, and a single set of Wingnuts engageable on either set of posts.

2. In a folding poultry coop, the combination with a bottom member, of sides hinged thereon, duplicate sets of fastening Copies of this patent may be obtained for devices carried by the bottom andthe sides in vertical alinement, one set of fastening devices being carried by the sides, end members hinged to the bottom and capable of upward displacement, said end members having portions engaging the fastening devices of the sides, said end members being displaced upward to disengage them from the fastening devices of the sides, a top fitting on the side and end members and receiving the fastening devices of the side members,

said top engaging the second set of fastening 7 devices when the coop is folded.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN G. RANDALL.

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Washington, D. C. 

